EFFECT OF SEED HARDENING AND PELLETING ON SEED QUALITY IN RAGI

V. PALANISAMY and N. PUNITHAVATHI

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00807

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EFFECT OF SEED HARDENING AND PELLETING ON SEED QUALITY IN RAGI

Author: V. PALANISAMY and N. PUNITHAVATHI,

p-ISSN: 0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol: 85, Issue: oct-dec,

DOI:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00807

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Abstract

Seeds of ragi hardened with chemicals like Kel, CaCl, and acqueous leaf extracts like Prosopis and Pungam each at one per cent concentration as well as their combination followed by pelleting with pungam leaf powder showed that seeds hardened with Kel (1%) followed by pelleting with pungam leaf powder (60 g kg) recorded higher germination and seedling vigour characters over control.

Keywords: Ragi, Seed hardening, Seed pelleting, Leaf powder, Germination, Vigour

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